Realm Reborn = downgrade?

[Gramul]

1. There is quite a bit more going on when animations play than just "displays over hitboxes" but I'll let some better equipped say something about that

2. While physics, lighting and shadows can be toggled, the "advanced animations" such as walking and running are a completely different matter and if you can make one be fluid smooth and polished, and one herky jerky and clipping, and the difference between them is purely aesthetic, then we're right back to the question of "why have the toggle at all if it makes no difference?"

As someone who's been studding game, cinematic, and traditional animation for over 4 years now, I think I'm fairly well qualified to discuss it.

As for why include it? Because it would make a difference to those of us who would want it. Like Shadows, Depth of Field, Physics, Ambient Occlusion, and to a different extent, things like Helmet, Weapon, and Meteor Mark toggle.

I don't know why that would upset you. Square's done toggles for aesthetics before, and replacing the animations and allowing them to be canceled out of shouldn't be too much of an issue at all, unless they got a really bizarre structure going.

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Ah I'm sorry. After reading it a fourth time, I realize you meant to say:

I've read your stupid OP and all I thought was "Damn don't these people have bigger problems NOW other than WALKING ANIMATIONS?" . SERIOUSLY?! (besides from watching very unfinished, short bad quality video passages, to come to that conclusion is really awesome(?).)

Play the game first, and then go on flaming. It's just a retarded, ridiculous, and very very annoying thread. Hopefully it will end up in the very last pages of this forum any day...

Go and quit how you've said many times in here... "because the GRASS its too disturbing.. ah and well, the pre alpha walking animations.. I don't like what I see between the video part of 1:08 min and 1:10 minutes. Haven't you seen that?"

I really feel sad for the developers.

One word for this thread : disturbing.

And on the other hand I want to have proof/improvements(?). Show me video passages which prove your conclusion of the animations being a downgrade. I gave you one as well. because I can't even tell you for 100% that these animations are bad or good when I haven't played it yet. Rather than watching some bad quality vids.

We came to the conclusion, because it was officially concluded by Square's staff. They're "focusing more on gameplay" Which strikes me as odd sense they where doing so many things for the aesthetics anyway. Like how jumping "Is only being added for those who want jumping", but at least for that they added more fences and cliffs. But more drastically (and perhaps more relevantly), things like new races.